Dice accessories are perhaps easier to identify to new players than dice themselves as they are a much more obvious within the table context. People are less likely to notice your sweet new glittery D&D dice sets, over the colourful dice tray a looming dice tower, a fantasy-themed leather dice bag or an iconic player screen or DM screen. They are also a bit of a statement being made - both of your serious game-face, but one of self-expression and identity as well. 

We’re really living in the age now of affordable D&D miniatures. Fortunately, there are some quality companies out there producing a huge variety to suit both players who might desire one or two minis to suit their current PC, their pets and familiars, as well as ambitious DMs who might need a whole lot more for their planned epic adventure. If you're like me, and most people are I'd wager, you fall somewhere in between (excepting those poor "forever DMs" - my condolences).

Dice, are very personal, and are probably the most iconic with many companies sell and market DnD dice, dice bags, dice sets, dice trays, dice towers etc. Yet it is also the least well-known aspect of Dungeons & Dragons, and fantasy RPG's (for the purpose of this article I will refer mainly to D&D as a representative of Tabletop RPG's). They are an almost universally recognized symbol yet for most it's a surface level recognition. An iconic breadth, but only to a shallow depth.